CHAPTER 13-04
TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES SECTIONS:
13-0401. Authority to Install Traffic Control Devices.
13-0402. Manual and Specifications for Traffic-Control Devices.
13-0403. Obedience to Official Traffic-Control Devices.
13-0404. Traffic-Control Signal Legend.
13-0405. Pedestrian Control Signals.
13-0406. Flashing Signals.
13-0407. Designates Crosswalks and Establishes Every Safety Zone and Traffic Lane.
13-0408. RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE.
13-0409. Intersection Where Yield is Required.
13-0410. Interference with Official Traffic-Control Devices
or Railroad Signs or Signals.
13-0411. Display of Unauthorized Signs, Signals or Markings.
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13-0401. AUTHORITY TO INSTALL TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES.
1. The City Council may place and maintain such traffic control devices as may be necessary to regulate traffic under the traffic ordinances of this City or under State law or to guide or warn traffic.
13-0402. MANUAL AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES. All traffic-control signs, signals, and devices shall conform to the specifications approved by the State Highway Commissioner pursuant to North Dakota Century Code Section 39-13-06. All signs and signals required hereunder for a particular purpose shall so far as practicable be uniform as to type and location throughout the City. All traffic-control devices so erected and not inconsistent with the provisions of State law or this chapter shall be official traffic-control devices.
13-0403. OBEDIENCE TO OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES. The provisions of N.D. Cent. Code § 39-10-04 and all subsequent amendments shall be and are hereby incorporated by reference in this ordinance.
13-0404. TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNAL LEGEND. The provisions of North Dakota Century Code 39-10-05 and all subsequent amendments shall be, and are, hereby incorporated by reference in this ordinance.
13-0405. PEDESTRIAN CONTROL SIGNALS. The provisions of N.D. Cent. Code § 39-10-06 and all subsequent amendments shall be and are hereby incorporated by reference in this ordinance.
13-0406. FLASHING SIGNALS. The provisions of N.D. Cent. Code § 39-10-07 and all subsequent amendments shall be and are hereby incorporated by reference in this ordinance.
13-0407. DESIGNATES CROSSWALKS AND ESTABLISHES EVERY SAFETY ZONE AND LANE. The City Council may:
1. Designate and maintain, by appropriate devices, marks, or lines upon the surface of the roadway, crosswalks at the intersection where in their opinion there is particular danger to pedestrians crossing the roadway, and at such other places as may be necessary;
2. Establish safety zones of such kind and character and at such places as may be necessary for the protection of pedestrians;
3. Designate traffic lanes upon the roadway of any street or highway where a regular alinement of traffic is necessary. Where such traffic lanes have been marked, it shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to fail or refuse to keep such vehicle within the boundaries of any such lane except when lawfully passing another vehicle or preparatory to making a lawful turning movement.
13-0408. RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE.
13-0409. INTERSECTION WHERE YIELD IS REQUIRED. The City Council may determine and designate intersections where particular hazard exists upon other than through streets and may determine:
1. Whether vehicles shall stop at one or more entrances to any such intersection, in which event it shall cause to be erected a stop sign at every such place where stop is required subject to the approval of the City Council;
2. Whether vehicles shall yield right-of-way to vehicles on a different street at such intersection in which event it shall cause to be erected a yield sign at every place where obedience thereto is required.
13-0410. INTERFERENCE WITH OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES OR RAILROAD SIGNS OR SIGNALS. The provisions of N.D. Cent. Code § 39-10-07.3 and all subsequent amendments shall be and are hereby incorporated by reference in this ordinance.
13-0411. DISPLAY OF UNAUTHORIZED SIGNS, SIGNALS OR MARKINGS. The provisions of N.D. Cent. Code § 39-10-07.2 and all subsequent amendments shall be and are hereby incorporated by reference in this ordinance.